Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 273



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Season 3: Episode 81

The road to defeat, hope is the back side of despair (3)

It was a red, roaring blade that cut down the death that had been looming before my eyes in an instant.

The 11th form of the tithe, half-moon.

It was hard to believe, but the howling, spinning blade cleanly sliced ​​through the demon’s tailbone.

“Sister!”

As Ashur Eijin landed far to the side, kicking up a cloud of dust, the ground shook as his tailbone rolled along the ground.

“Get your bearings, Camilla! It’s not over yet!”

The danger wasn’t the vibration.

Blood gushing from the cut surface of the severed tail… … .

It was not the blood that should have been present in creatures created according to the laws of creation, but lava. It was the power of evil that devoured all living things.

“Phenyl!”

The Imperial Eight Great Schools, the Melev School, are masters of water attribute magic.

A huge amount of water gushes out from an area without water, covering the entire city.

The lava was unable to swallow the living things, and when it met water, it reacted chemically to form a black solid.

“Leone, grab the horn!”

“Ashir said as he ran to the left, aiming at Mauna Loa.

“Good!”

As soon as he arrived, the red pilgrim Leone ran to the right, the hem of his robe fluttering.

“Black Horn Sword, Form 14, Black Cloud Sword Rain.”

When Mauna Loa attempts to counter the movement, a variety of daggers cover the sky like dark clouds.

Blood Horse Reconnaissance Corps Scout Captain MacKennon is from the Ilseong Chilgeom and Heukgak Sword Sects. A sword sect that practices the path of the sword with poison and daggers.

The 14th form is the best and most powerful form that the swordsman boasts.

This is not just a simple knife.

All the knives are infused with poisonous magic that maximizes their killing power, causing their blades to burn with a peculiar green light.

「──────!」

Mauna Loa’s entire body burns red in the face of the pouring rain of daggers.

A torrent of lava.

The lava that exploded as the volcanic rock of the entire body collapsed not only shot down all the daggers, but also blocked the path of Aeshir and Leone.

“Lava all over my body… …?”

“It drives people crazy… … .”

“No, my attack was only meant to buy time for Aydin. Keep going!”

Aydin opened the Bible of Tervel. From his mouth flowed the language of creation.

Speaking in tongues is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Only a very small number of priests were able to receive the ability, and those who received it were able to chant at an extremely high speed, almost at a level of abbreviation compared to regular chanting.

Blue sky and thunderstorm.

The power of Tervel, the Lord of Light, who came from his communication with Creation, pours down on the incarnation of evil. Particles of light rain down, and lightning of light strikes through the gaps.

「JUAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

The natural enemy of the abyss is creation, that is, light.

As Mauna Loa let out a groan of pain, Eshir and Leone leapt from both sides simultaneously.

“The 8th form of the 11-character drawing, Brain Inflammation Sword Dance.”

“Rain, the triple pole.”

The Heavenly Fire Fist method, which was honed and established by Hongyeon Akira, focuses on the chain reinforcement of power generated by explosions.

That is why it is also called the extreme right method.

The flame marks carved into Mauna Loa’s exterior, when struck by any impact, they explode, multiplying the impact force several times over.

“one!”

Roughly double per marker.

“two!”

When one mark explodes with twice the power, the next mark explodes with twice the power again.

“three!”

In short, the triple-pole allows for eight times the normal damage.

The power of the Brain Flame Sword Dance that was cutting through the demon’s flesh increased eightfold, and the blade reached its bones.

36 slashes performed in an instant, indiscriminately tearing apart the demon’s body.

‘The attack went in well… …so much so that the demon’s body collapsed!’

Camilla was truly impressed by the combination that maximized the power of the Brain Flame Sword Dance to its triple pole.

That… … .

That’s how you write it… … .

Of course, he didn’t just sit there in admiration. He was running at full speed towards his goal, the clock tower whose frame miraculously didn’t collapse when was wiped out.

“Mr. Phenyl, are you ready?!”

A signal flare containing such a question is fired into the sky.

“Of course.”

From where Phenyl is located, a signal flare response containing such an answer comes.

“John, you!”

The conversation with John also takes place in the same way.

“Let’s get started.”

The next moment, he landed on the roof near the center of the clock tower, leaving a long trail of soot, his hands firmly gripping the sword at his waist.

let’s do it…….

Let’s try… … .

In a lead state, the magical power that was explosively concentrated in a limited space is replaced with the force of landing.

Dddddddddddddddd… … !

Finally, unable to withstand the pressure compressed to the limit, the scabbard begins to shake as if it is about to break.

The sixth form of the ten-letter alphabet, Seommucham.

As he landed, neither the shock nor the inertia killed him, and he spun his body to the side and kicked his feet in one breath, his target being the center of the clock tower.

“Flash─────!”

All structures that rise into the sky, if their skeletons are cut off, are left entirely under the influence of gravity.

The wide, horizontal slash cut through the clock tower’s frame, causing the top of the tower to slide along the cut surface and then plummet.

The being beneath it was Mauna Loa, who was under concentrated fire from thunderstorms of light, explosions of flame, rushes of daggers, and pressure of holy swords.

「AkazuaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAA!」

Then, when the demon struck the ground with both hands, the ground erupted in colorful shapes like a volcano and suddenly began spewing out lava.

“A massive lava flow? This is crazy, it changed the very perception!”

“This is me─!”

“No, everyone back off! Camilla did something!”

The thing that suppressed the lava was the vision rune of the Melev School, one of the eight great schools of the Empire.

Leak.

It was a rune that represented the ideological law of death and harm (a school of magic that focuses on killing or harming) pursued by the Melev School.

“Rune injection, Lu (漏).”

Water attribute magic is originally considered to be the rune with the lowest destructive power.

Even if you reached the pinnacle of magic, all you could do was create a tidal wave and use that external force to pin your opponent to the ground or an outer wall, but the Melev school was different.

The power of water attribute magic is maximized with the Vision Rune.

The Lu (漏; seeping) rune made it possible to inject water into the target’s body and destroy its vital organs.

That rune was able to allow water to permeate inorganic matter, such as a collapsing clock tower.

– Is that possible, Mr. Phenyl?

– You’ll have to try it to find out. But it’ll work.

The moment the demon swung its tail and destroyed the clock tower that was diving towards it, the water that had seeped into it poured out like a bucket.

Water wets the body.

Most of the water was vaporized by the abnormal extreme heat, but some water managed to penetrate inside.

– John, what about you?

– I’ll try.

Water is the most powerful catalyst for freezing magic.

But what if, as is now the case, the water has already reached the target’s core organs?

You don’t need to calculate the coordinates of the target’s weak point; you just need to cause freezing by following the location of the catalyst.

“Iceberg condensation!”

Within the demon’s body, countless ice picks emerged in the form of snow particles, tearing and piercing everything within its body.

What was exposed like that was the nucleus.

At the center of his chest, a sphere of lava was seething with surreal heat.

‘That’s it.’

‘It came out.’

‘It’s nuclear.’

Just as a person hides his wealth, the instantly regenerating flesh tried to hide its core, but Aeshir had already leapt forward, creating a crack in the ground with his awakening.

The seventh form of the tithe, Hyangwol (向月).

Among the eleven swords, this is a spinning slash with the shortest rotation radius, but it reliably cuts through a single target.

“Where are you going to stop me───!”

While regenerating its body, the demon swings its arms and tail to intercept the Aesir to protect its core.

however.

As he repels and cuts down all those attacks, the Ultimate Sword Renod roars dazzlingly.

“────Block it aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The ultimate sword, which has inherited the spirit of its origin, the true swords, when they subjugated and hunted the old kings, roars brilliantly and finally tears its core apart.

A flash.

A line is drawn across the core. Along that line, countless cracks spread throughout the core. The cracks gradually open up, and light floods through the gaps.

The moment when light reaches its peak.

The demon’s body collapsed and seemed to cover the entire world with melting lava, but Aydin’s light, Phenyl’s water, and Johan’s ice surrounded the explosion in three layers, isolating it from the world.

“Haa, haa, haa… … .”

As he landed to reduce the impact, Aeshir spun sideways three or four more times, staring blankly at the sight, then soon gripped the hilt of Renault’s sword tightly and let out a cheer.

“Demon subjugation, success… …!”

As he led Renault away, Eshir gave Camilla a thumbs up.

But that was all.

There was no time to share in the joy of victory.

We had to immediately form up and head to the coastal area where the evacuation operation was underway.

“Taishan Corps, Taishan Formation!”

The first Payquerier Corps and the Taesan Corps were defending the coast like an iron wall.

All of the Taesan Byeongdan’s squad leaders were great swordsmen, and all of the members were axe-spearmen.

Taesanjin was a kind of nickname.

When the Taesan Army is in formation, the tips of their greatswords and spears are lined up endlessly, resembling a mountain range, hence the nickname.

“The troops sing a military song! The military song is Taishan Song! One, two, three, four!”

The coastal docks were perfectly defended by that Taesanjin, and the leading payquerier, Tars Alter Surpin, had already subdued the high-ranking demons with the assistance of Floret and Laminea.

“Tall Mt. Tai~ Deep valley~ Snow-covered Mt. Tai is our soul~!”

The sight of the fiercely charging Kiral cavalry being crushed by the uniform swings of their greatswords and the thrusts and pullings of their halberds.

“The spirit of the lofty Taishan Mountain~ Raising up the mountains and rivers of despair~ Ah~! How amazing~ Even the wounded old trees begin to sing~!”

Although no corps sings war songs during battle, Tarsus was such a cheerful man that he hired first-class musicians to compose his own war songs.

The members of the unit also really liked that military song. Except for one person, Roberis.

Roberis was silent when the military song was sung. He didn’t even pretend to open his mouth. It was either because he was unfamiliar with it or because he was embarrassed.

“Clear waters~ Green forests~ Singing heroes of Mt. Tai~ Until spring comes, we will sing, Even if blood flows and seeps through, we will go~!”

Whatever it was, it was good.

Because the Taesan Corps held out until the end, the Blood Demon Corps was able to board the landing ship with the supplies and survivors they needed.

Without being abandoned, I was able to survive.

“Camilla?”

Camilla held onto the bow of the boat and stared blankly at the crumbling remains of the old city.

When Sharon tried to approach her friend who didn’t answer no matter how much she called, Florette grabbed her shoulder and shook her head.

Then Sharon soon realized that Camilla was without her steed, the steed that should have been holding the reins.

“ah…….”

However, Camilla was saddened by the loss of her enemy, but she was also filled with an indescribable sense of despair as she stared blankly at .

‘Demon… … .’

It took the power of the Blood Demon Corps officers, who were no less powerful than the best in modern times, as well as my and Johan’s strength, to capture even one low-level enemy.

‘I couldn’t even imagine it would be this dangerous since His Excellency Cheongseong and His Excellency Noehyang took care of everything.’

If the lower level is like this… … .

The high-ranking demon is… …?

What about the incarnation level that is dozens of times more powerful than that?

‘What will happen to this war then…?’

On this day, Admiral Halvaron of the Steel Fleet orders that all of the fleet’s ammunition be used to support humanity’s withdrawal.

Thanks to the merciless ship-to-ship bombardment of the Steel Fleet, the garrison troops were able to board the warships via landing craft from the coastal area.

What they saw that day was the last sight of , and no one set foot on this land again until Liam and Charilion ended all wars.